Wortherkunft von 'blanch'

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Definitionen

1. verb

If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale. [V] ⇒ His face blanched as he looked at Sharpe's blood-drenched uniform. [V + at] ⇒ She felt herself blanch at the unpleasant memories.

2. verb

If you say that someone blanchesat something, you mean that they find it unpleasant and do not want to be involved with it. [V + at] ⇒ Everything he had said had been a mistake. He blanched at his miscalculations. [Vat n] ⇒ There are places you can take children with disabilities where staff don't blanch at the sight of a wheelchair.

3. verb

If you blanch vegetables, fruit, or nuts, you put them into boiling water for a short time, usually in order to remove their skins, or to prepare them for freezing. [V n] ⇒ Skin the peaches by blanching them.

Beispielsätze, die 'blanch' enthalten

she askedHugh, when she showed him her ballpark figure for the entire party, a figure that had made her blanch.Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN USIf Cirith Ungol is named, old men and masters of lore will blanch and fallsilent.J.R.R. Tolkien THE LORD OF THE RINGSShe was wondering, without much hope, if she could invent something that might cause the girl's skin to blanch.Gregory Maguire WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST